In recent years, as we've noted in past posts, there have been plenty of complaints about the supposedly intrusive nature of airport searches conducted by Transportation Security Administration personnel. Among those speaking out was Jamelyn Steenhoek, who said that her DIA pat-down qualified as sexual assault. No criminal charges were filed...
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Yesterday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, announced that the results of Project Wildfire. The operation, managed by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, is said to have 976 gang members and others allegedly tied to them. The bustees represented 239 different gangs in 282 cities, ICE maintains. In Colorado, thirteen...
To say that High Fiction is a relatively obscure pop duo that has yet to release a record would be strictly true, but its members — Gary Grundei and Amy Shelley (who, turns out, is distantly related to the Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein) — have had a pretty atypical career,...
Two weeks after an EPA crew accidentally released three million gallons of toxic mine water into the headwaters of the Animas, the river has been declared safe for irrigation, recreation, and other uses. No doubt many people — including Governor John Hickenlooper, who guzzled some Animas water to demonstrate that...
Police responded when Donna Mount died in April. But there were no criminal charges in the immediate aftermath of her death — only tears. More than two months later, however, a most unlikely suspect — Lee Keyser, 67 — has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the case. Why?...
How did we get here? Robin Valdez asked himself that question as he sat with his mother on her hospital bed, rubbing her back and trying to soothe her agitation and pain. It had been a week since Ruth Farfan had come to St. Anthony Central for surgery, and her condition...
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Last month, we previewed the Limited Social Marijuana Consumption Initiative, a proposal that "gives private businesses the ability to allow adult marijuana consumption in areas that are only accessible to people 21 and older, as long as it's not viewable to the public," according to proponent Mason Tvert. Then, last...
The U Baron Group, which operates the Silvi's Kitchen restaurants in the metro area (along with all of the other former Udi's eateries and bakeries), closed the Colfax Silvi's last fall with plans to reopen with a new name and theme. The result was revealed last month. The name? The Good...
Moulin Rouge at Highland Tap and Burger When Mike Kelly crafted the recipe for what has become the most popular cocktail on Highland Tap and Burger’s drink menu, he didn’t find his inspiration behind the bar. He found it in the kitchen. “It’s just like going into your kitchen and...
Habit Doughnut Dispensary and Carbon Beverage Cafe opened on Platte Street this morning, in the former home of longtime cool-kid hangout Paris on the Platte, which closed early this year. While Habit features bright colors and bold street art in a space that falls somewhere between a convenience store and...
Politicians typically write books if they're eyeing a run for national office — something Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has repeatedly denied, despite his name popping up numerous times over the years as a possible vice presidential candidate. So let the speculation begin anew: Hickenlooper has announced that his top speechwriter,...
When the T-Wa Inn, the first Vietnamese restaurant in Denver, closed on Federal Boulevard last year, I felt empathy for the owners of the place, who right up to the very end provided warm hospitality and a menu equally fluent in the lively flavors of Southeast Asian ingredients and the...
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Right at the end of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats’ set, the power went out. But instead of letting out sighs or boos, the hundreds of people in Nate and Patrick Meese’s back yard — packed together, sitting on each other’s shoulders, standing on tree limbs or on the...
With suspected gang-related shootings spiking in Denver and Aurora, officials are doing all they can to prevent the Summer of 2015 from turning into Summer of Violence II. Or Summer of Violence III...or Summer of Violence IV. But an incident that took place on the tail end of Memorial Day Weekend, traditionally...
Break out the Cheetos and Goldfish. When Amendment 64 passed in November 2012, Governor John Hickenlooper reminded Coloradans that "federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don't break out the Cheetos or [Goldfish] too quickly." But now it may be time to pass the snack bowl. Because...
Congress voted on two amendments to a Department of Justice spending bill Wednesday that would protect marijuana businesses in states where they're legal, but only one of them passed. Introduced by Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic Congressman Sam Farr, both of California, the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment will prohibit federal funding...
Weed is good for you. It's true: Just ask Healthy Honeys creator Shannon Donnelly, the weed guru and yoga instructor who holds a Get Fit and Stay Lit class every weekend. Donnelly will show you all the ways to use cannabis for good, not evil, and tell you how smoking in...
No. 21: Purple Cow Ice Cream at Little Man Ice Cream Make sure to get plenty of ice cream as the summer winds down, especially if it's the Purple Cow flavor from Little Man, that 28-foot-tall, giant milk-jug-shaped shop on the hill in LoHi. This dessert combines two of the...
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Back in May, we shared a list of the 37 reasons why the time was right for the Rockies to trade Troy Tulowitzki. The number corresponded to the times Tulowitzki had been injured during his pro-baseball career — 36 — plus the additional factor that he was actually healthy at...
The third High Plains Comedy Festival starts tonight in the Baker neighborhood. Festival founders Andy Juett and Adam Cayton-Holland have created the largest comedy festival in town, with talent ranging wildly from national to local heroes, and activities from standup brunch to highly inappropriate card games. "A lot of different looks, that’s...
Well before the end of the seemingly endless three hours of vicious invective that is Edge Theater Company’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, I’d have been happy to see George strangle Martha or Martha kill George. And given how stellar the acting is in this production, the scene would have...
FINDINGS and CONCLUSIONS 1. On July 10, 2014, Officer James Medina and Officer Cheryl Smith independently responded to assist DPD Officer Ramone Young with a sick and intoxicated male who had fallen over a chair at the Burger King at 3200 No. Downing St., in Denver, Colorado. Officer Young called...